Fulthrotl
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i've got a bit of a dilemma, and i'm wondering if anyone has had a similar experience.
here's what i have in front of me:
4" PVC underground, 150' long, beginning and ending at a concrete soil box.
24" radius 90 on each end, with a bell mouth on it.
four #3/0 aluminum conductors in the pipe, with a piece of mule tape
as a drag line for future additions.
what needs to be added to the pipe:
four #250 mcm simpull aluminum conductors.
the mule tape was added after the original pull, with a duct rod,
so it's a straight shot and not twisted, laying on top of the existing
feeders.
now, the rub. the existing feeders are hot, and can't be turned off.
i'm looking at putting a choker on the existing wires and tying it off,
to keep them from being moved in the pipe, dumping a gallon or two
of polywater down the pipe, and pulling the conductors in by hand,
so i can feel if anything is sticking.
anyone got experience with doing this, good or bad? snoodle one wire
in at a time, using the mule tape with timber hitches as a drag line?
or make up a padded head with rags and tape, to make it slide better,
and do it with all four at once?
thanks for any experience....
here's what i have in front of me:
4" PVC underground, 150' long, beginning and ending at a concrete soil box.
24" radius 90 on each end, with a bell mouth on it.
four #3/0 aluminum conductors in the pipe, with a piece of mule tape
as a drag line for future additions.
what needs to be added to the pipe:
four #250 mcm simpull aluminum conductors.
the mule tape was added after the original pull, with a duct rod,
so it's a straight shot and not twisted, laying on top of the existing
feeders.
now, the rub. the existing feeders are hot, and can't be turned off.
i'm looking at putting a choker on the existing wires and tying it off,
to keep them from being moved in the pipe, dumping a gallon or two
of polywater down the pipe, and pulling the conductors in by hand,
so i can feel if anything is sticking.
anyone got experience with doing this, good or bad? snoodle one wire
in at a time, using the mule tape with timber hitches as a drag line?
or make up a padded head with rags and tape, to make it slide better,
and do it with all four at once?
thanks for any experience....